minutemanworld:Pontiac’s War (1763-1766)In 1763 a coalition of tribes in what was then the northeast
minutemanworld:Pontiac’s War (1763-1766)In 1763 a coalition of tribes in what was then the northeast of colonial America rose up against the British presence there and fought a series of battles against colonists and settlers.This would become known as Pontiac’s War because of a mid 19th century book titled The Conspiracy of Pontiac that was wildly popular, though the importance of the figure of Pontiac (who was a member of the Ottawa people) has been debated. The war lasted three years and resulted in the deaths of nearly 500 soldiers. Some 2000 colonists were killed or captured and another 4500 to 5000 were driven from their homes. Several forts and towns were burned. During the same time period a small pox epidemic was sweeping through the northeast territories, which would result in 400,000 to 500,000 dead First Nations peoples. The end result was a stalemate. The British government decided that colonists and the natives should be kept apart and in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (already in the works before the beginning of Pontiac’s War) the government forbade settlement west of the Appalachian mountains.Pontiac’s War wasn’t the cause of the Proclamation, but it certainly added impetus to stricter enforcement of the Proclamation after the war. This wasn’t a grievance that led to the American Revolution by itself, but it was certainly one of the things that added to the growing list of grievances that colonists felt they had against England.The engraving is a 19th century engraving done Alfred Bobet and depicts a council held on April 28, 1763 where Pontiac called for resistance. Quite clearly it’s not historically accurate given that the First Nation peoples involved are eastern or Great Lakes and not Western Plains peoples. -- source link
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